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Similar in many ways to the Olympic Torch Relay, the Law Enforcement Torch Run consists of scheduled relay events, usually held in conjunction and coordination with Special Olympics functions (like the Special Olympics Summer and Winter Games). While carrying the flame, officers and athletes are referred to as "Guardians of the Flame".
The run was started in 1981 and currently spans 71 different routes, covering 176 miles. Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics travels through Cambridge Skip to main content
This relay, officially the Law Enforcement Torch Run is the flagship of an international fundraising effort. [2] In 2018, the Flame of Hope was memorialized during the Special Olympics 50th Anniversary when an 30 foot (9.1 m) "Eternal Flame of Hope" monument was erected in honor of the Special Olympics.
Through the "Youth Legacy Kilometer" program, any person or group which donated $3,000 to selected charities would be permitted to run with the torch for 1 kilometer (0.62 mi). The program raised nearly $11 million for the YMCA of the USA, the Boys Club of America, the Girls Club of America, and the Special Olympics.
The Law Enforcement Torch Run was founded in 1981 by the police chief in Wichita, Kansas, and has been supporting Special Olympics since then.
Law enforcement officers ran with the “Flame of Hope” through the streets of Merced.
Then they pass the torch to a Special Olympics athlete and together they run up to the cauldron and light it, signifying the beginning of the games. [56] The Special Olympics athlete's oath, which was first introduced by Eunice Kennedy Shriver at the inaugural Special Olympics international games in Chicago in 1968, [57] is "Let me win. But if ...
May 23—Five officers from the Odessa Police Department recently participated in the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) in support of the Special Olympics Texas (SOTX) Summer Games, held in San ...